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  2. Tom Candy Ponting - Wikipedia

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    Tom Candy Ponting (August 26, 1824 - October 11, 1916) was an American rancher, farmer and cattle driver. [1] In 1853–1854, together with his business partner, Washington Malone, they were the first people to drive a herd of Texas Longhorn cattle from Texas to New York City, the longest cattle drive in American history.

  3. Joseph McCoy - Wikipedia

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    In 1868 a great number of cattle arrived in Kansas and the mid-west from Texas; appx. 40,000. With them came a tick born disease called "Spanish Fever". The local shorthorn breeds were seriously affected and in some towns the loss of the cattle was almost 100%. The result was a great predice against Texas cattle in Eastern Kansas and Missouri. [4]

  4. Texas Longhorn - Wikipedia

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    A steer. The Texas Longhorn is an American breed of beef cattle, characterized by its long horns, which can span more than 8 ft (2.4 m) from tip to tip. [4] It derives from cattle brought from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors from the time of the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus until about 1512. [5]

  5. Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America - Wikipedia

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    Based in Fort Worth, Texas, the organization was founded in 1964 to serve as a registry for the longhorn breed. The Association was started by rancher Charles Schreiner, III, grandson of the legendary cattle baron Captain Charles Armand Schreiner who sent approximately 150,00 head of longhorn to market after the Civil War. [1]

  6. Union Stockyards (Omaha) - Wikipedia

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    A cattle baron named Alexander Swan called for the founder of Omaha's first stockyards, William A. Paxton, to start a new facility in the early 1880s. Working along with Herman Kountze, John A. Creighton and others, the new stockyards received the first shipment of 531 longhorn cattle from Medicine Bow, Wyoming in 1884.

  7. Longhorn cattle - Wikipedia

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    Longhorn cattle may refer to: English Longhorn , a traditional long-horned brown and white breed of cattle Texas Longhorn , a breed of cattle related to the cattle brought to Texas, California, and Florida by the Spanish

  8. What did LongHorn Steakhouse in Fairview Heights do to get ...

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    Outside of the LongHorn Steakhouse in Fairview Heights, Ill., on Oct. 4, 2024. ... Those 92 people had dined at the LongHorn Steakhouse at 6115 N. Illinois St. between Sept. 19 and Oct. 2 and ...

  9. Charles Goodnight - Wikipedia

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    Goodnight invented the chuckwagon, during this initial cattle drive. They extended the trail into Colorado, where they established a contract with John Wesley Iliff, eventually providing 30,000 head of longhorn by 1876. They also formed a partnership with John Chisum, supplying cattle to Fort Sumner.